FAMU alumni want Robinson to be candidate for president

12:46 PM,
Feb. 14, 2013

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Larry Robinson, the interim president at Florida A&M, told trustees in August that he would not be a candidate as they began the search for a new leader.

However, one powerful group, the executive board of FAMU's National Alumni Association, is too impressed by the job Robinson has done during the past seven months. It has sent a formal letter to the Board of Trustees, urging it to consider Robinson as a candidate as the search continues for an 11th president at Florida A&M University.

Among the reasons given in the letter, presented during last week's trustees meeting and received as ...